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BigBearJohn

(11,410 posts)
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 12:18 PM Feb 2016

Fortune: Bernie Sanders Becomes Silicon Valley Favorite


During the last quarter of 2015, Bernie raised approximately $105,000 from employees working at the five largest technology companies in Silicon Valley, The Wall Street Journal is reporting, citing data obtained from the Federal Election Commission. Clinton pulled in about $95,000 from workers at the same companies.

It was the first time Sanders outdrew Hillary Clinton in Silicon Valley donations, dealing yet another blow to the Democratic presidential candidate, who lost to Sanders on Tuesday in the New Hampshire primary.

True to Sanders’ own claims that the vast majority of his donations come from small donors who support his message, the Journal‘s evaluation of the campaign filings found that most donors gave far less than the maximum campaign contribution amount of $2,700.

Sanders, who is vying for the Democratic candidacy for the 2016 election, was even a favorite among some of the technology industry’s biggest companies. Indeed, the Center for Responsive Politics, which evaluates campaign donations and furnished some data to the Journal, found that companies like Apple AAPL 0.31% and Google GOOG -0.12% were among his biggest corporate donors, each doling out thousands of dollars to his campaign.

http://fortune.com/2016/02/10/bernie-sanders-silicon-valley/
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Fortune: Bernie Sanders Becomes Silicon Valley Favorite (Original Post) BigBearJohn Feb 2016 OP
BWAHAHAHAHAHA mikehiggins Feb 2016 #1
Hillary is still very much the likely nominee. JRLeft Feb 2016 #2
"Clinton's the nationwide candidate with a 40-point advantage!" MisterP Feb 2016 #3

mikehiggins

(5,614 posts)
1. BWAHAHAHAHAHA
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 12:25 PM
Feb 2016

"National polls show Sanders likely losing the Democratic nomination to Clinton by 13.3%."

This was in Fortune after New Hampshire.

Think about that number. WHere did HRC stand in the polls when this started?

MisterP

(23,730 posts)
3. "Clinton's the nationwide candidate with a 40-point advantage!"
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 02:40 PM
Feb 2016

"Clinton's the leader by 35 points!"
"Clinton's ahead by 30 points: the primary's OVER!"
"Sanders is flagging 25 points behind"
"Clinton 20 points ahead!"

note that nobody "goes back" or gets "won over": once they hear of Sanders they stay with him

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